September 2009 Weddings
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PIP: Something you'd definitely change
I figure we'll talk about some specifics (dress, cake, bouquet, etc) later, so don't pick apart your whole wedding, but PIP something you'd definitely change.
Re: PIP: Something you'd definitely change
I'd change the letters hanging on the church doors. We originally were thinking floral wreaths or swags on the doors, but I was trying to help out the floral budget and thought "oh, who really cares about the church doors, anyway?" I DIYed the letters from a Martha Stewart inspiration. IDK why it didn't occur to me that those ribbons weren't going to look perfect all day. If I had known our photog was going to use those church doors as the backdrop for every single bridal party and family pic, we would have spent the extra money on some f-ing wreaths.
updated 10.03.12
I can't PIP, but the main thing I'd change is that I would have hired a videographer.
One of my friends moms videoed the ceremony with her camera and the picture is fine, but the sound is all garbled.
Oh well.
I would have changed the guest list- which isnt pip'able. I left out some people I really wanted to invite, and others didnt show up that I had to!
I also loved my dress- but I had my eyes set on this one- my boobs didnt fit into it so it was a done deal -
I would have gone with a different florist. She had this weird plastic thing around the stems of my flowers that had a wet sponge thing inside so they could stay fresh all day/night. It looked pretty awful. Thankfully, in most pics you can't see it.
Right before the reception started, all of the stems fell out through the bottom of the plastic holder (b/c she had cut them in half). One of the staff people at the venue put it back together, but still, it was kinda fug.
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I'd definitely change my cake. Idk if I have a really good picture of how bad it was because I only posted and uploaded ones that are quasi decent. The baker (my BFF's Aunt) decided to use gum paste instead of fondant so in the hour drive to the venue from where she lives, the paste started melting so the color is awful!!
Here's what it was supposed to look like sort of:
and here's how it looked:
On the plus side, it was absolutely delicious so it was ok! It certainly didn't ruin my day and apparently no one noticed how dreadful it looked.
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Honestly, nada.For reals.
I might have had a videographer tape the ceremony, but honestly probably would never watch it. I might have also have had the photographer stay a few hrs longer, but have enough pics from family and friends to fill in the gaps after he left, so I guess it wouldn't have really made sense to spend the extra $ to have him stay. Other than that, I loved everything - honestly.
The labels would have been taken off of my wine bottle centerpieces like they were supposed to have been. Thanks, mom.
I would have figured out a way to afford a professional hair/makeup lady. One of my bridesmaids did mine, and it was not cute.
like most of you... photography. The guy sucked. Just to give you an example, we got 10 different pictures of champagne glasses... Like this:
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I would have hired a videographer for the ceremony. I'm bummed we don't have a tape of it.
I would have not hired our day of coordinators - they were terrible. They caused me more stress than anyone else. The planners at the hotel & the restaurant were way more helpful than these two.
I also may have gone with a different make up artist. I liked the trial, but the day of application was sort of ho hum.
Stand up for something you believe in.
there are two things i would have changed...my dress & the music/dancing.
We had a small garden wedding with 75 people (it was literally all family, and 10 of our closest friends). We had an afternoon wedding (between lunch and dinner) and didn't plan on dancing. I rented an amp and hooked it to my husband's ipod on a loop of our favorite songs. The amp blew....no music for the reception. The ceremony had beautiful music from friends of ours that play/sing. I hated that our first dance was screwed up, and that there was no background music. at all.
I loved my dress......but, it didn't look right with my bridesmaids dresses. I wanted this (didn't have the budget for it):
But, had this:
either way, i'm just as happily married.
Our cake.
We really loved the idea of cupcakes (it was Danny's idea), but our baker didn't quite see our vision. We didn't want it to look like a stand of cupcakes. We wanted it taller and more visually like a stacked cake. It ended up looking pretty sad. Plus she talked us down from 250 cupcakes to 150 cupcakes....and didn't even put all 150 on the damn table! There were still 3 trays of cupcakes in the kitchen.
Def my cake:
It was delicious...and I loved my topper (thanks to Michelle's guidance I was able to DIY) but the baker didn't see my vision with the design. Even though I gave her tons of pictures.
And my d.j. but I can't PIP him.
I'm super late, but whatever.....
This is not PIP-able either, but I would have had a professional DJ. We used some friends of my FIL, who have done some "DJ-ing" before, but it was really just an ipod based thing, with horrible speakers, etc. H really wanted them to do it, and I didn't put up much of an argument because it was one of the few things he felt strongly about and really let me run with so much else. However, he has admitted now that the DJ is also one of the things that he would have done differently, so I feel slightly vindicated. Really not a huge deal in the long run!